Isaiah 38:9

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Isaiah 38:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

8 I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.

9 This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

10 I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

11 I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

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Isaiah 12:1

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

Isaiah 12:2

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

Isaiah 12:4

and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.

Isaiah 12:5

Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Exodus 15:1

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

Exodus 15:2

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Exodus 15:3

The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

Exodus 15:4

Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

Exodus 15:6

Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

Exodus 15:7

You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Exodus 15:8

At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

Exodus 15:10

But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Exodus 15:11

Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

Exodus 15:12

You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

Exodus 15:13

With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

Exodus 15:14

The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

Exodus 15:15

Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

Exodus 15:16

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

Exodus 15:17

You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance— the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

Exodus 15:18

The LORD will reign forever and ever!”

Exodus 15:19

For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Exodus 15:21

And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

Judges 5:1

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

Judges 5:2

“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

Judges 5:3

Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:4

O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

Judges 5:5

The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

Judges 5:7

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Judges 5:8

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

Judges 5:9

My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

Judges 5:10

You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

Judges 5:11

the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

Judges 5:12

‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

Judges 5:13

Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

Judges 5:14

Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

Judges 5:15

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:16

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:17

Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

Judges 5:18

Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

Judges 5:19

Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

Judges 5:20

From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

Judges 5:21

The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

Judges 5:22

Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.

Judges 5:23

‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

Judges 5:24

Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

Judges 5:25

He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

Judges 5:26

She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

Judges 5:27

At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

Judges 5:28

Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

Judges 5:29

Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

Judges 5:30

‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

Judges 5:31

So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

1 Samuel 2:1

At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

1 Samuel 2:2

There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

1 Samuel 2:3

Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

1 Samuel 2:5

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

1 Samuel 2:6

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

1 Samuel 2:7

The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

1 Samuel 2:10

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

Psalms 18:1

I love You, O LORD, my strength.

Psalms 30:11

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Psalms 30:12

that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.

Psalms 107:17

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

Psalms 107:18

They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

Psalms 107:19

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

Psalms 107:20

He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

Psalms 107:21

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Psalms 107:22

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

Psalms 116:1

I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.

Psalms 116:2

Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

Psalms 116:3

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Psalms 116:4

Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”

Psalms 118:18

The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

Psalms 118:19

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

Jonah 2:1

From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

Jonah 2:2

saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

Jonah 2:3

For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

Jonah 2:4

At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

Jonah 2:5

The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:6

To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

Jonah 2:7

As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

Jonah 2:8

Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

Jonah 2:9

But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

Job 5:18

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

Hosea 6:1

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Hosea 6:2

After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.